Disclaimer: I don't own or have any rights to Firefly or it's characters. This is just for fun.
Rating: T for voilence and swearing
Summary: After doing a good deed, Jayne has to wonder if its worth the cost. Takes place after "Objects in Space". This is my first Firefly fic, please read and review but please be constructive. The next chapter will be up very soon.
"Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze fuh ur-tze, go tsao de hwoon dahn, Ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng!"
Zoe winced at the Chinese expletive's filtering through the closed bunk door; the Captain sure had a bee in his bonnet about something, or from the sounds of things, someone. She shot Wash a questioning look as the derogatory rants continued, but his only reply was a confused shrug. Pulling on her boots, Zoe resigned herself to facing Mal; never a pretty picture when he was in this kind of a mood.
She poked her head onto the bridge to find the Captain stomping back and forth behind the pilot's chair; "sir?"
Mal glanced up at her but didn't stop pacing, "I just got a wave from our friendly neighborhood sheriff. Seems that bun tyen-shung duh ee-dway-ro of a mercenary of ours went and got himself pinched yesterday afternoon."
Zoe dropped her head; yes, that would explain Mal's rant and the enraged fire currently burning in his eyes. Leave it to Jayne to do something stupid- like getting tossed into jail- on the day of a big job. "What'd he do this time, sir?"
"Sheriff didn't say, just that we needed to bring bail money if we wanted him back. Grab your gear, we'll go get him and get the hell off this gorram planet seeing as how we can't do the job now."
Apparently Zoe and Wash weren't the only ones to be woken by Mal's tirade; Kaylee popped her head out of her bunk as he stomped past. "Something goin' on Captain," she questioned him; not happy about being woke in such a manner, especially when it interrupted such a delectable dream about a certain core-bred doctor.
Too caught up in his own fury, Mal barely looked at her as he strode past. "Get the mule ready; Zoe and I gotta go bail Jayne outta jail. Should just leave the useless hundan there to rot." The obscenities continued until he was out of sight.
Kaylee and Zoe exchanged a pointed look, both glad to be anyone in the 'verse but Jayne Cobb right now.
Translations:
Lioucoeshway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tzefuhur-tze: Son of a drooling whore and a monkey
gotsao de hwoondahn: Dog humping son of a bitch
Ching-wahtsao duh lioumahng: Frog-riding bastard
bun tyen-shung duh ee-dway-ro: Stupid, inbred sack of meat